Celina, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Approval needed from
- City manager or designee
- Governing article
- Ch. 4, Art. 4.05
- Max fine
- $500 per day (general penalty)
- Peddler license term
- 90 days, non-transferable
Summary
Celina makes it unlawful to sell food or merchandise on a public sidewalk or road without prior permission from the city manager or a designee, under the peddler ordinance.
It shall be unlawful for any person to peddle, sell, offer, or exhibit for sale any merchandise or service, whether for profit, for a charitable purpose or otherwise on a public sidewalk or road without previous permission granted by the city manager, or his/her designee.
Full Breakdown
Article 4.05 of the Celina Code (Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants and Solicitors) flatly bars selling or offering to sell any merchandise or service on a public sidewalk or road unless the city manager or their designee approves it first. The same article separately bars soliciting funds, donations, or business in streets, medians, and traffic islands (though not on pedestrian sidewalks), and bars selling to occupants of vehicles stopped in a right-of-way. Anyone peddling goods generally, sidewalk or not, also needs a peddler license from the city, valid 90 days. No violation-specific fine is listed in Article 4.05, so the code's general penalty applies.
Violations & Fines
Up to $500 per violation under the code's general penalty (§ 1.01.009); each day the unpermitted vending continues counts as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I sell food on a Celina sidewalk without asking the city first?
Does this sidewalk rule cover food trucks parked on private lots?
Sources & Official References
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